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'''Religion News Service''' ('''RNS''') is |
'''Religion News Service''' ('''RNS''') is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary, and is relied upon by secular and faith-based news organizations in a number of countries.It also features commentary by [[Thomas J. Reese]], [[Jana Riess]], [[Mark Silk]], [[Simran Jeet Singh]], Andre Henry, [[Omar Suleiman (imam)|Omar Suleiman]], Jonathan Merritt, Tara Isabella Burton, and other columnists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/columns/|title=Columns |website=Religion News Service |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> and offers a press release distribution service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Submit a Press Release - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service|url=https://religionnews.com/product/sample-product/press-release/|url-status=live|access-date=2018-05-10|website=religionnews.com}}</ref> RNS journalism is republished in secular and faith-based news outlets alike, including ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/18/theres-a-red-evangelicalism-and-a-blue-evangelicalism-faith-leaders-gather-to-discuss-evangelical-future/|title=There’s a ‘red evangelicalism and a blue evangelicalism’: Faith leaders gather to discuss their common future|last=Service|first=Emily McFarlan Miller {{!}} Religion News|date=2018-04-18|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-22|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/16/waco-25-year-anniversary-david-koresh/521276002/|title=Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years after Waco, interest in David Koresh still strong|last=Ross, Jr.|first=Bobby|date=April 16, 2018|work=[[USA TODAY]]|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> [[Christianity Today|''Christianity Today'',]] and ''[[Sojourners]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sojo.net/articles/hey-alexa-who-jesus|title=‘Hey Alexa: Who Is Jesus?’|last=Miller|first=Emily McFarlan|date=2018-04-17|work=Sojourners|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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For more than 80 years, RNS has been an authoritative source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas. With a team of correspondents around the world, RNS provides news on religion and its intersections with political and cultural issues. Our stories are distributed to the nation’s leading newspapers, news magazines, online media outlets, broadcasting firms and religious publications. |
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Religion News Service was founded in 1934 by [[journalist]] Louis Minsky as an independent, nonprofit affiliate of [[The National Conference for Community and Justice|National Conference of Christians and Jews]]. It is a secular news agency that does not endorse or promote any particular creed, faith or tradition. The ''United Methodist Reporter'' bought RNS in 1983, and in 1994, Newhouse News Service, a major publisher of daily newspapers and magazines, purchased it and changed its name to Religion News Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religionnews.com/about/history/|title=Religion News Service - History|work=Religion News Service|access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> In 2011, RNS was sold to the Religion Newswriters Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the [[Religion Newswriters Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.religionnews.com/press-releases/religion-news-service-enters-nonprofit-partnership-with-religion-newswriter/|title=Religion News Service Enters Nonprofit Partnership with Religion Newswriters Foundation|work=RNS press release, 19 May 2011|access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> |
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The Religious News Service, its original name, was founded by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957) as an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the [[National Conference of Christians and Jews]]. From the start, it was dedicated to providing fair, balanced, nonsectarian news about religion to the secular and religious press. |
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RNS is owned by Religion News LLC, a nonprofit, limited-liability corporation led by CEO and publisher Thomas Gallagher,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/ncr-contributor-named-ceopublisher-religion-news-service|title=NCR contributor named CEO/Publisher of Religion News Service|date=2016-11-02|work=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en}}</ref> and based at the [[Missouri School of Journalism|University of Missouri School of Journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2012/0516-national-network-of-religion-sites-fills-gap-for-religion-news/|title=MU News Bureau {{!}} MU News Bureau|website=munews.missouri.edu|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> RNS is governed by a Board of Managers, including [[Jerry Pattengale]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/about/board/|title=RNS Board of Managers - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service|website=religionnews.com|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> in partnership with Religion News Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://religion.news|title=Religion News Foundation - Journalists covering religion|website=Religion News Foundation|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> |
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In 1983, RNS was acquired by the Dallas-based ''United Methodist Reporter'' and continued to operate as an independent news agency. In 1994, [[Newhouse News Service]], a major publisher of daily newspapers and magazines, purchased it and changed its name to Religion News Service. |
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In June 2011, RNS returned to its nonprofit roots when it was acquired by the Religion Newswriters Foundation, which became Religion News Foundation in 2016. Today, RNS operates under Religion News Foundation (RNF), a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, under the leadership of RNF CEO and RNS Publisher Deborah Caldwell. |
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RNS is governed by a Board of Managers in partnership with Religion News Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion News Foundation|url=http://religionnewsfoundation.org|url-status=live|access-date=2018-04-22|website=Religion News Foundation}}</ref> |
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==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
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Revision as of 16:04, 2 March 2021
Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary, and is relied upon by secular and faith-based news organizations in a number of countries.It also features commentary by Thomas J. Reese, Jana Riess, Mark Silk, Simran Jeet Singh, Andre Henry, Omar Suleiman, Jonathan Merritt, Tara Isabella Burton, and other columnists,[1] and offers a press release distribution service.[2] RNS journalism is republished in secular and faith-based news outlets alike, including The Washington Post,[3] USA Today,[4] Christianity Today, and Sojourners.[5]
History
For more than 80 years, RNS has been an authoritative source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas. With a team of correspondents around the world, RNS provides news on religion and its intersections with political and cultural issues. Our stories are distributed to the nation’s leading newspapers, news magazines, online media outlets, broadcasting firms and religious publications.
The Religious News Service, its original name, was founded by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957) as an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. From the start, it was dedicated to providing fair, balanced, nonsectarian news about religion to the secular and religious press.
In 1983, RNS was acquired by the Dallas-based United Methodist Reporter and continued to operate as an independent news agency. In 1994, Newhouse News Service, a major publisher of daily newspapers and magazines, purchased it and changed its name to Religion News Service.
In June 2011, RNS returned to its nonprofit roots when it was acquired by the Religion Newswriters Foundation, which became Religion News Foundation in 2016. Today, RNS operates under Religion News Foundation (RNF), a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, under the leadership of RNF CEO and RNS Publisher Deborah Caldwell.
RNS is governed by a Board of Managers in partnership with Religion News Foundation.[6]
Controversy
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In April 2015, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) published an article disclosing that RNS had received a grant of $120,000 from the Arcus Foundation, an LGBT-rights advocacy organization, with the stated intent “to recruit and equip LGBT supportive leaders and advocates to counter rejection and antagonism within traditionally conservative Christian churches.”[7] The CNA story questioned whether the grant had biased RNS's coverage of traditional religion, specifically citing an RNS article on Cardinal Raymond Burke. In response to the CNA report, RNS's then editor-in-chief Kevin Eckstrom denied that the Arcus grant had any influence over editorial decisions at RNS and noted that the grant language is “Arcus’ description of their funding, not ours.”[8] The grant proposal to the Arcus Foundation had stressed only the need to “increase and improve domestic and international coverage of how religion affects a diverse range of LGBT communities.”
References
- ^ "Columns". Religion News Service. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Submit a Press Release - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service". religionnews.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Service, Emily McFarlan Miller | Religion News (April 18, 2018). "There's a 'red evangelicalism and a blue evangelicalism': Faith leaders gather to discuss their common future". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ Ross, Jr., Bobby (April 16, 2018). "Cult leader? 'Sinful Messiah'? 25 years after Waco, interest in David Koresh still strong". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Emily McFarlan (April 17, 2018). "'Hey Alexa: Who Is Jesus?'". Sojourners. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ "Religion News Foundation". Religion News Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jones, Kevin (April 1, 2015). "An Arcus news service? RNS denies LGBT money influences religion coverage". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ O'Loughlin, Michael (April 8, 2015). "Religion News Service defends grant from gay-rights group". Crux. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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